Nurses' responsibilities in the aerospace environment.

Autor:	Raduenz SBP; Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil., Santos JLGD; Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil., Lazzari DD; Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil., Nascimento ERPD; Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil., Nascimento KCD; Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil., Moreira AR; Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Jazyk:	English; Portuguese
Zdroj:	Revista brasileira de enfermagem [Rev Bras Enferm] 2020 Jun 08; Vol. 73 (4), pp. e20180777. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jun 08 (Print Publication: 2020).
DOI:	10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0777
Abstrakt:	Objectives: to characterize the nurses who work in the aerospace environment and to identify their most frequent responsibilities during the pre-flight, flight, and post-flight periods. Methods: a quantitative, exploratory-descriptive research, conducted using a survey through Google forms®, from January to April of 2018, with 50 nurses from aerospace services in Brazil. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: predominance of male participants (64%), mean age of 37 years, with a mean working time in the aerospace environment of six years, in helicopter (54%), and in the southern region (42%). The main pre-flight, flight, and post-flight activities were, respectively: verification/testing of equipment functionality, nursing care for patients, and replacement of supplies and equipment. Conclusions: In the aerospace environment, nurses' work are primarily organizational and victim care actions, during all phases of the flight.
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